New Park Cemetery, Inc. » Historical http://www.newpark.net "The South's Most Beautiful" Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:21:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Historical Figures http://www.newpark.net/historical-figures/ http://www.newpark.net/historical-figures/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:32:28 +0000 admin http://www.newpark.net/newsite/?p=20 Our cemeteries are proud to be the final resting place of many well know public figures over the years. Below is a list of many of those individuals. If you know of others that you feel should appear on this list please contact us with detailed information using our contact us from.

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Blues/Jazz
Musicians
Death
Reference
Burial Location
Johnny “Ace” Alexander  12-24-54  R & B Singer  Section “C”
James Carr  01-07-01  Soul SInger/Vocalist  Garden Of Peace
Carl Lee Cunningham  12-10-67  Bar-Kays Member  Trinity
Al Jackson, Jr.  10-01-75  Drummer Booker T. & MG’s  Lower Good Shepherd
Phalon Jones  12-10-67  Bar-Kays Member  Section “F” Div. I
Jimmie King, Jr.  12-10-67  Bar-Kays Member  Trinity
Booker Little, Jr.  10-05-61  Jazz trumpeter & composer  Park Section
Rufus Thomas  12-15-01  R & B Blues Singer  Park Section
Bukka White  02-24-77  Musician – cousing to B.B.Kng  Devotion Div. II
Gospel Singers
& Writers
  

Death
  

Reference
  

Burial Location
 Queen C. Anderson  1959  Gospel Soloist  Queen C. Anderson
 Mattie Wigley  08-25-96  Gospel Soloist Queen C. Anderson
 Rev. William H. Brewster  1987  Gospel Composer  M.K.K. Jr. Maus.
 Historical
& Other
  

Death
  

Reference
  

Burial Location
 Dr. Thomas Oscar Fuller, Sr.  1942  T. O. Fuller State Park/Politics  Section “F” Div. I
 Emma Wilburn  04-13-37  New Park Cemetery – founder  Section “A”
 A. C. “Moohah” Williams  12-03-04 Radio personality with WDIA   Garden of Eternity

 

 

 

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